Trône metro station
Trône/Troon metro station | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Place du Trône / Troonplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′28″N 4°21′59″E / 50.84111°N 4.36639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 20 December 1970 (premetro) 2 October 1988 (metro) | ||||||||||||||
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Trône (French, pronounced [tʁon] ⓘ) or Troon (Dutch, pronounced [troːn] ⓘ) is a Brussels Metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place du Trône/Troonplein, near the Royal Palace, in the City of Brussels, Belgium.
The station opened on 20 December 1970, under the name Luxembourg/Luxemburg, as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between Madou and Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort. It became a heavy metro station when this line was converted on 2 October 1988 and its name was changed on that occasion to reflect the aboveground square. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.